# Foundation, pargraph

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/foundation-pargraph/16518>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [October 3, 2017, 7:53am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/foundation-pargraph/16518 "2017-10-03T07:53:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![DaveBussey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f17d59/32.png) [@DaveBussey](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/DaveBussey)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 7:53am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/foundation-pargraph/16518/1 "2017-10-03T07:53:35Z")

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I am trying to cut and paste from a WORD document into the paragraph stack and can’t subsequently change it to the normal paragraph font. Any ideas please  
Dave

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**Author:** ![NeilUK](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/neiluk/32/23434_2.png) [@NeilUK](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/NeilUK)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/foundation-pargraph/16518/2 "2017-10-03T08:06:38Z")

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Highlight the text you’ve copied in the paragraph stack, click “Format” from the top menu, then click “Clear Formatting”.

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**Author:** ![DaveBussey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f17d59/32.png) [@DaveBussey](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/DaveBussey)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/foundation-pargraph/16518/3 "2017-10-03T08:22:33Z")

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Thank you. I was along the right lines but I was trying to remove the formatting in WORD. Really helpful. Enjoy your day  
Dave

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**Author:** ![Fuellemann](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/fuellemann/32/22871_2.png) [@Fuellemann](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Fuellemann)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 9:03am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/foundation-pargraph/16518/4 "2017-10-03T09:03:51Z")

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You can also use “Paste and match style” or “Paste as plain text”. This way you only have one action and do not have to a) paste and then b) clear the formatting.

![05](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/2X/4/46ee3eb6840d9ea91e0673138ae3309dd4fbc421.png)

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**Author:** ![PaulRussam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/paulrussam/32/198_2.png) [@PaulRussam](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/PaulRussam)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/foundation-pargraph/16518/5 "2017-10-03T14:19:33Z")

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Word is terrible for hidden code/formatting, what I do:

- Copy text from Word
- Paste it into TextEdit
- From the Format menu select ‘Make Plain Text’
- Tidy up any crap like double spaces etc
- Copy what I want
- Paste into RW

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**Author:** ![zeebe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/zeebe/32/22007_2.png) [@zeebe](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/zeebe)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/foundation-pargraph/16518/6 "2017-10-03T14:23:46Z")

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I agree with @PaulRussam except for one thing, get Sublime Text or TextWrangler or a text editor like that does will allow you to skip this step:

> [@PaulRussam](#):
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> From the Format menu select ‘Make Plain Text’

and just copy from them without having to make it plain text.  
just my 2¢

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**Author:** ![DaveBussey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f17d59/32.png) [@DaveBussey](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/DaveBussey)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 3:33pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/foundation-pargraph/16518/7 "2017-10-05T15:33:19Z")

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Thanks everyone for your help - appreciate it